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Twentieth century Chinese history isn't a good comparison. The Roman empire sometimes had multiple emperors and multiple capital cities, and this complicated si
by skybrian 2y ago
Twentieth century Chinese history isn't a good comparison. The Roman empire sometimes had multiple emperors and multiple capital cities, and this complicated situation lasted for hundreds of years. Despite being called the Roman empire, the capital's location was no longer essential.
- sidewndr46 2y agoDidn't so many people in history proclaim themself as the pope that even the Catholic church no longer is able to give an exact number?
- skybrian 2y agoIt seems the word for "papa" in Latin or Greek was originally an affectionate way of referring to a bishop. Several major cities in the Roman empire had bishops that used "pope" as a title. There were bitter disputes between them. Rome was pretty persistent about trying to pull rank. Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria